Thursday Crossword — July 25, 1985

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy William Canine7/25/1985

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Designate (5 letters)
6 Across
Actor Walter (4 letters)
10 Across
K rations (4 letters)
14 Across
Site of ancient Greek games (5 letters)
15 Across
Indonesian outrigger (4 letters)
16 Across
Stevenson villain (4 letters)
17 Across
Dwarf chestnuts (10 letters)
19 Across
Well-informed about (4 letters)
20 Across
"A peculiar sort of a gal" (3 letters)
21 Across
Fe or Ag (4 letters)
22 Across
Guide (6 letters)
24 Across
Make new money (6 letters)
26 Across
Former Japanese naval base (4 letters)
27 Across
Gridiron get-together (6 letters)
29 Across
Wreck; ruin (5 letters)
33 Across
Sioux (6 letters)
36 Across
Participle former (3 letters)
38 Across
City on the Humboldt (4 letters)
39 Across
Rock guitarist Clapton (4 letters)
40 Across
Welty's "___ Wedding" (5 letters)
42 Across
Legatee (4 letters)
43 Across
Swindle (4 letters)
44 Across
A goal of NOW (3 letters)
45 Across
Like Mercury (6 letters)
47 Across
The Tempter (5 letters)
49 Across
Column molding (6 letters)
51 Across
Nip (4 letters)
53 Across
Purposeless (6 letters)
56 Across
Mrs. Stanley Kowalski (6 letters)
59 Across
Pulsation (4 letters)
60 Across
A legume (3 letters)
62 Across
Commotion (4 letters)
63 Across
Blackcaps (10 letters)
66 Across
Guinness or Templeton (4 letters)
67 Across
North Sea–Baltic canal (4 letters)
68 Across
Pub game (5 letters)
69 Across
Taylor's "A ___ at Oxford" (4 letters)
70 Across
Withered (4 letters)
71 Across
Corpulent (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Extras in an env. (4 letters)
2 Down
Hungarian composer (5 letters)
3 Down
Zola or Berliner (5 letters)
4 Down
A.D. 1–A.D. 100, e.g. (3 letters)
5 Down
Bridge bid (7 letters)
6 Down
Annex (6 letters)
7 Down
Upper edge (4 letters)
8 Down
Lengthy period (3 letters)
9 Down
Beam thrower (5 letters)
10 Down
Dolt or rockfish (11 letters)
11 Down
Photog.'s fixing agent (4 letters)
12 Down
Redolence (4 letters)
13 Down
Moved out (4 letters)
18 Down
Surveyor's instrument (7 letters)
23 Down
U-boat (3 letters)
25 Down
Crowded (11 letters)
26 Down
Marquee (4 letters)
28 Down
Fragrant bloomer (5 letters)
30 Down
Out of the wind (4 letters)
31 Down
Sideslip (4 letters)
32 Down
Whig's opponent (4 letters)
33 Down
Five-time Presidential candidate (4 letters)
34 Down
"The Willow Song," e.g. (4 letters)
35 Down
Wear in the Highlands (4 letters)
37 Down
What a certain guzzler empties fast (7 letters)
41 Down
Old tongue (4 letters)
46 Down
Fla. game fish (7 letters)
48 Down
Nothing (3 letters)
50 Down
Pythoness's revelation (6 letters)
52 Down
Bastes (5 letters)
54 Down
___ citado (5 letters)
55 Down
Fulfills (5 letters)
56 Down
___ put (remain) (4 letters)
57 Down
Indian weight (4 letters)
58 Down
A Cotton Belt grape (4 letters)
59 Down
Breakwater (4 letters)
61 Down
South African fox (4 letters)
64 Down
Hasten (3 letters)
65 Down
Peck or pat (3 letters)

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